Livestock
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were weaker on Friday, with chart-based positioning a feature as the market continued to back away from nearby record highs. The United States Department of Agriculture reported weekly U.S. beef export sales of 16,600 tonnes, which was up 22 per cent on the week and 51 per cent […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Profit-taking pressures cattle futures
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end lower on profit-taking, technicals and flat cash prices
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures fell for a third consecutive day on Thursday in profit-taking and technical selling setback following recent highs and amid some weaker-than-expected cash market sales this week.
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end lower in profit-taking, technical correction
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures declined for a second straight session on Wednesday in a profit-taking and technical-selling correction from recent highs.
Klassen: Feeder market continues to climb
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending August 30, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $4-$8/cwt higher on average. Quality yearling and calf packages were up as much as $15/cwt in some cases.
World’s first gene-edited horses are shaking up the genteel sport of polo
Argentine polo authorities balk at arrival of gene-edited horses
Reading Time: 5 minutes Kheiron Biotech, an Argentine company, has bred gene-edited polo ponies and says gene-editing has the potential to revolutionize horse breeding.
Feed Grains Weekly: Price likely to keep stepping back
Expected to drop passed last year’s lows
Reading Time: 2 minutes As the harvest in southern Alberta presses on, a broker said that is one of the factors pulling feed prices lower in the region. Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge, added that lower cattle numbers in feedlots, plentiful amounts of grass for cattle to graze and a lacklustre export market also weighed on feed prices.
Mexico reports 53 per cent increase in flesh-eating screwworm cases since July
U.S. border has been closed to Mexican cattle since July due to New World screwworm cases
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mexico has recorded 5,086 cases of flesh-eating screwworm in animals as of August 17, a 53 per cent jump from the number of cases reported in July, according to Mexican government data seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rise
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle and lean hog futures continued to climb on Wednesday.
U.S. tariffs on Brazil will reshape global beef trade flows, analysts say
Reading Time: 2 minutes Higher U.S. tariffs on Brazil are expected to reshape global beef trade flows, sparking increased shipments to the U.S. from countries like Mexico and Australia while Brazil seeks alternative markets, analysts said on Wednesday.
U.S. livestock: Cattle regain losses, hogs rise
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures rose on Tuesday, recouping losses from Monday's screwworm scare. Lean hog futures also rose.,.
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